Champs
A showcase of athletic excellence
The Inter-Secondary Schools Boys and Girls Championships, better known as "Champs", the proving grounds for future champions, is considered one of the most exciting and competitive junior championships in the world. It is an athletic competition between all the island's high schools and is held in Kingston Jamaica during the month of March every year. It is an unbridled display of passion, guts, determination and a can do attitude by young athletes, truly capturing the essence of the Jamaican people.
A history of success at Penn Relays
Edwin Allen
Jamaica College
Hydel
Calabar
Penn Relays
A story of perseverance
In 1964 Kingston College sent Lennox Miller, Rupert Hoilette, Alex McDonald, Jimmy Grant, Tony Keyes, and Lennox Tulloch to participate in the Penn Relays. That was the first team from Jamaica to compete at Franklin Field. Despite facing numerous obstacles the team won the sprint medley and placed second in the mile relay, paving the way for the success we see today from numerous Jamaican high schools at Franklin Field.
Jamaica's Junior Record Holders
Britany Anderson
Britany holds the U20 record in the 100M hurdles with time of 12.71, set on July 24, 2019 in Joensuu (FIN).
Ackera Nugent
Ackera holds the World U20 Indoor Record for the 60m hurldes. She ran a time of 7.91 on Feb 26, 2021 in Lubbock, TX (USA).
Tia Clayton, Serena Cole, Kerrica Hill & Tina Clayton
Current holders of the 4X100M U20 record with a time of 42.94s, set in Nairobi (KEN), on Aug 22, 2021.
Roshawn ran 47.34s in the 400M hurdles on August 21, 2023 in Budapest, Hungry, setting a World U20 Championship Record.
Kerrica Hill
Kerrica holds the World U18 Best Performance in the 100M hurdles, set on April 9, 2022 in Kingston (JAM) with a time of 12.71s.